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30 | GETYOURSMILEBACK:EVERYTHINGYOUNEEDTOKNOW... because the leg bone had fused with the titanium. Instead of rejecting the titanium, the rabbit’s bone accepted it; in fact, the bone grew right into it! Thus, it was discovered that titanium is a material that the body will welcome with open arms; and titanium doesn’t irritate the skin, or other soft tissue, either. Now here’s part of the BEST news I promised to deliver: as soon as a titanium dental implant is placed in your jawbone, you will stop losing bone in that area. Your body will recognize the need to maintain bone levels around that titanium post as if it were a natural tooth root. When your jawbone has something to attach itself to, it’s happy, and it will maintain its volume! NOTE: Technical term alert!!! When your bone integrates itself into the grooves on the surface of an implant to provide stability, this is called osseointegration. This term is important, because you’ll hear it a lot